Dear Napoleon

> Is it the convention to include the direction in the name?  We will be
> calculating the gradient in more then one axis  (Txy, Txz, etc, for a
> total of 6 quantities).

Yes, it is the convention. There are not many tensor quantities named but it
is not unpredented e.g. downward_eastward_momentum_flux_in_air. As you see,
both sign and direction are indicated.

Best wishes

Jonathan
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